Is David adopted? Anything to do with bloodtypes or sugeries? Does the running brother fear for someone? Something? Himself? David? For that person's daeth/thing's destruction? Any of these relevent? Evil grin relevent? Deception relevent? Is the running brother David? Is the evil grin brother David? Stargazing relevent? Nighttime relevent?

Did one of the brothers adopt David from his brother without him knowing it? No

Is stargazing relevant? No, just a random suitable activity to set the scene.

Would the "running" brother have reason to fear David being alone in the house? NoishWith David NOT being alone in the house? No

Does the first brotyher have a reason to divulge this information? Yes, but see the end of this posting

Is the first brother being vindictive in telling his other brother? Um, yesish, see previous qustion

By Christiane Scharf (0815) on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 03:52 pm:

Is David a(n adopted?) brother of the two other brothers? YesHas someone just died? MaybeIs someone dying? yesishIs inheritance relevant? No, or at most just as largely irrelevant background informationIs anything medical relevant? NoHouse = hospital? No

By Kitral Solane (Solane) on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 06:29 pm:

Is David adopted? YesAnything to do with bloodtypes or sugeries? NoDoes the running brother fear for someone? YesSomething? YesishHimself? YesDavid? NoFor that person's daeth/thing's destruction? YesAny of these relevent? YesEvil grin relevent? Noish. That was actually rather misplaced. See end of this postingDeception relevent? Not after the end of this postingIs the running brother David? NoIs the evil grin brother David? NoStargazing relevent? NoNighttime relevent? Yes

By Kitral Solane (Solane) on Monday, June 26, 2006 - 06:31 pm:

Was there malicious intent by the evily grinning brother? See end of this posting

Sorry if some of these seem obvious. You know what's said about assumptions. Absolutely

To make the plot better, forget about the evil grin. We'll change the evil grin to a look of sudden, fearful realisation, and sincere concern

Does David himself know he is adopted? Has David always known? or Has David just found out? Is the father of David relevant? Is the mother of David relevant? Are any siblings of David relevant? Is any romantically attached girl relevant? If so, one who is attached to David, the speaker or the runner?

Is David in the house his brother is running to? Is some other family member there? More than one family member? Is/are any relevant person/s there? Is the house = the house where they live? where David lives? where the running brother lives? where the third brother lives? where their parents live? Is the house a normal house (in contrast to a mall, stadium, bakery...)?

Does David himself know he is adopted? IrrelevantHas David always known? or Has David just found out? Is the father of David relevant? Is the mother of David relevant? Are any siblings of David relevant? Is any romantically attached girl relevant? If so, one who is attached to David, the speaker or the runner? All of these are irrelevant

By Lynne (Lynne) on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 12:15 pm:

Are the adopted parents of David relevant? No (They are the parents of the speaker and the runner, presumably? Correct) Are they both alive? Yes, irrelevantIs one of them in danger? No

By Christiane Scharf (0815) on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 12:42 pm:

Is David in the house his brother is running to? Yes, irrelevantIs some other family member there? More than one family member? Let's say the whole family, but irrelevant.Is/are any relevant person/s there? NoIs the house = the house where they live? Yeswhere David lives? where the running brother lives? where the third brother lives? where their parents live? All of them live there, yesIs the house a normal house (in contrast to a mall, stadium, bakery...)? Normal house

It seems that it's irrelevant whether David himself knew that he was adopted but it's a fresh realisation for the speaker and the runner. Is this important? Has somebody deliberately withheld that information from them?

It seems that it's irrelevant whether David himself knew that he was adopted but it's a fresh realisation for the speaker No and the runner.Yes Is this important? YesishHas somebody deliberately withheld that information from them? Irrelevant.

By Kitral Solane (Solane) on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 07:59 pm:

Is the house in danger of destriction? No

By Kitral Solane (Solane) on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 08:01 pm:

Is the family in danger? David? The running brother? Yes The speaking brother? No to the others

Does the running brother percieve a danger that does not exist? No To david? The house? The famiy? Himself? The speaker? So no to these

Any of them of death? Not sure what you mean. The runner is afraid he will die, and with ample reason.

Family curse relevant? (Maybe something about the oldest son of the family, and Running Brother always thought that he was safe because David was the oldest son, but if David is adopted, then he's not really the oldest son of the family, and his younger brother (Running Brother) is?)

Family curse relevant? No (Maybe something about the oldest son of the family, and Running Brother always thought that he was safe because David was the oldest son, but if David is adopted, then he's not really the oldest son of the family, and his younger brother (Running Brother) is?) Definitely on the right track

The danger that the running brother (Rab) is in - from David? From standing-still brother (Stan)? from any person? Are their relative ages relevant? Is Stan older than Rab? than David? Is David older than Stan? than Rab? Are the answers to those four questions enough information to put the brothers in order (it's too early in the morning for me to work out stuff like that)? Are any other biblical characters than Moses relevant? any less peripherally relevant than Moses?

Is he running toward the house hoping that this will save his life? Hoping that he will be able to do something before he dies?

The danger that the running brother (Rab) is in - from David? From standing-still brother (Stan)? Neither from any person? Um... yopeAre their relative ages relevant? Yes Is Stan older than Rab? than David? Is David older than Stan? than Rab? Are the answers to those four questions enough information to put the brothers in order (it's too early in the morning for me to work out stuff like that)? To make it simple: Oldest: David; middle: Rab; youngest: StanAre any other biblical characters than Moses relevant? any less peripherally relevant than Moses? Noish

Is he running toward the house hoping that this will save his life? Yes Hoping that he will be able to do something before he dies? Well, yes

Will the firstborn son be killed/sacrificed? Will anything happen to Rab because he is the the firstborn son? Relevant when this is set? Relevant where this is set? Politics relevant? Religion relevant? Family feuds relevant? Is this based on a true story?

Will the firstborn son be killed/sacrificed? YopeWill anything happen to Rab because he is the the firstborn son? YopeRelevant when this is set? Relevant where this is set? Both yes Politics relevant? No Religion relevant? Yesish Family feuds relevant? NoIs this based on a true story? I say yes. Others may disagree.

I can see that my strategy for avoiding e-mail harvesters causing spam to my e-mail account has failed miserably, in that it becomes opaque to legitimate human users as well. I'll change it shortly.

Well, I deleted the relevant bit, per your instructions. It appears that I also deleted a very important bit as well, since I didn't see the intervening underscore. I just re-sent, and I think it went through this time.

The brothers are Israelites, on the night before the exodus from Egypt related in the Biblical book of the same name, Exodus. The Israelites had been ordered by God to slaughter a lamb, and apply some of the blood to the door posts of their houses, and stay indoors. All firstborn males who were not inside houses with blood-stained door posts would die.

Our heroes were outside in violation of the commandment, both thinking they were outside of danger, since none of them were firstborn. Then it dawns on the younger brother that the oldest brother (who stayed behind in the family's house) is adopted, so the brother at his side is really the firstborn, and will die unless he can get back to the house in time.

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